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Medical Xpress / Micropores enhance organ-on-chip models for studying hidden infections
A new study provides a powerful way to study infections in environments that closely mimic human organs. The strategy, tested in a bone-marrow-on-chip model, was developed by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global ...
Medical Xpress / Harnessing the power of movement-generated sound for rehabilitation
This autumn, Harjula Hospital in the North Savo Wellbeing Services County piloted an innovative rehabilitation method that combines sound and movement: sonification. In physical therapy and occupational therapy sessions, ...
Medical Xpress / Loss of key visual channel triggers rhythmic retinal signals linked to night blindness
Rhythmic electrical activity in the retina (known as pathological oscillations) has been observed in several eye diseases, including congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). These oscillations ...
Medical Xpress / Tackling chemotherapy resistance in throat cancer—a potential new pathway
A University of Sheffield researcher has uncovered new evidence that could help improve treatment options for patients with hard-to-treat throat cancer.
Medical Xpress / New clues reveal how gestational diabetes affects offspring
Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely understood.
Medical Xpress / Americans are unprepared for the expensive and complex process of aging
Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer's and depended on Arakawa as his full-time caregiver.
Medical Xpress / I treat menopause and its symptoms, and hormone replacement therapy can help
For more than 20 years, hormone therapy for menopause has carried a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration describing the medication's risk of serious harms—namely, cancer, cardiovascular disease and possibly ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds longer, more consistent addiction medication use among youth lowers risk of overdose, hospitalization
New research from Mass General Brigham finds that adolescents and young adults who stayed on the medication buprenorphine for at least a year had markedly lower risks of opioid overdose and hospitalization compared with peers ...
Medical Xpress / New law tightens hemp regulations, threatening 300,000 jobs
A major change to hemp rules is now the law and producers warn it could shut down much of the $28 billion industry.
Medical Xpress / How to use period products safely
Starting their period is a big deal for adolescents. It marks a turning point in their lives where puberty becomes the new normal and change is happening all over their bodies. Undoubtedly, adolescents are going to have questions, ...
Phys.org / Video catches wild wolf pulling in crab trap to get to food—but is it tool use?
Many animals have been observed using tools. For example, chimps tear leaves off of branches and stick them into holes to pull out termites, and wild dingoes have been observed moving objects to stand on to get to another ...
Phys.org / Nature-inspired solution softens impacts of hard coastal structures
Seawalls and other unyielding structures meant to keep rising waters at bay and to protect against storm surges can cause other significant harm to the coast, often by disrupting natural processes and accelerating erosion. ...
